Pattern marker



March 31,1942. 7 ROGERS 2,277,667-

PATTERN MARKER Original Filed July 24, 1936 v INVEN R v Maude 527678imyfw A; ATTORNEY.

Patented Mar. 31, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,277,667 I FATTERNMARKER Maude Rogei-s, San Gabriel, Calif. I Substituted for abandonedapplication Serial No.

92,353, July 24-, 1936. This application February 8, 1939, Serial No.

, 6 Claims. My invention relates to a marker useful for dressmakers inmarking patterns on fabrics, and

is particularly useful for marking such patterns on fabrics in the home.More particularly the marker is adapted to be positioned underneath adouble layer of fabric for the purpose of marking the under side of thelowermost piece of: fabric when tracing or following a patternpositioned on the upper side'piece of the fabric.

An object is to provide anovel marker for dressmakers and which isadapted to' be positioned underneath selected regions of the goods so astofacilitate marking both sides of the fabric or to mark anadditionalpiece of fabric at places so to be marked according to-the patterntransferred. I

An object is to provide a simple device ofthis class which isparticularly economical of manufacture so as to be readily available tothe home dressmaker marking patterns on fabric.

A further object is to provide a novel holder adapted to receive a pieceof transfer material, preferably a piece of dressmakers transfer paperor carbon wherein the carbon is positioned within a shallow recess sothat its position may be readily determined from the opposite side ofthe goods under which it is positioned; and further so that the goodsnormally does not lie in contact therewith and the holder may bepositioned under and moved from place to place under the fabric Withoutrubbing the transfer material or the carbon paper on the goods 'ordisplacing the pattern on the fabric.

This application is a substitute application for abandoned application,Serial No. 92,353, filed July 24, 1936. I

Other objects, advantages and features of invention may appear from theaccompanying drawing, the subjoined detail description and the appendedclaims.

The accompanying drawing illustrates the invention in a form I atpresent deem preferable.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my novel pattern marker shown inconjunction with a piece of goods and pattern thereon for the purpose ofillustrating its use.

Fig. 2 is a plan view on enlarged scale of the marker.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on line 33, Fig. 2.

Various operations in making dresses or in tailoring from patternsrequire that the indicia of the pattern be marked on both sides of t egoods or fabric to be cut, or in making duplicate pieces of the patternin which the lowermost piece of goods should be marked identicalwith theuppermost piece; and usually the dressmaker has accomplished this byinserting pins through the goods at such points of the pa tern thatrequired marks on both sides onbothpieces, and thereafter using-the pinsto indicate such points on the back or reverse side of the fabric, or onthe duplicate or double piece of goods to be cut from the fabric. I

Withthe present invention, a holder A comprising a back member I ofrelatively stiff sheet material such as Celluloid, aluminum, cardboard,or sheet metal is providedfrom which extends a handle 2. The back memberi may be of any particular shape, and for preference is shown as beingrectangular in form and along its sides spacer strips 3 are provided.

Supported. upon the spacers soasto form with the back member a thin slot4 in a front or frame member 5 having a large opening 6 therein of anysuitable design and preferably rounded at its ends with its marginsbeveled and less in width than the space between the spacer strips 3.

The slot 4 is adapted to receive a piece of dressmakers carbon paper 1of any suitable transfer paper or other suitable transfer material whichby pressure contact leaves a mark.

In operation, the dressmaker traces the pattern B on the fabric or goodsC or marks the fabric according to indicia D on the pattern, andwherever it is advantageous to mark the reverse side, the marker A isslipped under the cloth opposite the desired place and upon marking thefabric on the upper side according to the pattern the carbon or transfermaterial will leave an imprint or mark on the reverse side as shown atE.

Although in the drawing for purposes of clearness, I have illustratedthe use of my invention in marking the reverse side of a single piece orsheet of. fabric, it will be understood and apparent that the inventionis also particularly useful in marking two superimposed pieces offabric, and it is desired to mark the undermost piece with the indiciaor the data at the same time as marking the uppermost sheet direct fromthe pattern.

I claim: I

1. A pattern marker comprising a thin, solid, fiat, substantiallyrectangular back plate having a fiat elongate handle lying in a commonplane with said back plate; a thin, fiat frame member bordering saidback plate and defining a central opening having beveled edges; andspacing means adjacent portions of the periphery of said back plate tospace said frame member a slight distance from said back plate so as toreceive a sheet of transfer paper between adjacent faces of said backplate and said frame member.

2. A pattern marker for dressmakers comprising means for holding a pieceof transfer material, said means including a flat, solid back member anda fiat frame member positioned over and bordering said back member andprovided with an opening through which a piece of transfer material heldby said means may be exposed;

and an elongate handle attached to the back member and by which handlethe said means may be inserted under a piece of fabric on a support andshifted to position the transfer material under a designated point on apattern spread above the fabric and at which point the upper surface ofthe fabric is to be marked, and whereby pressure produced in suchmarking Will cause the transfer material to correspondingly mark theunder surface of the fabric.

, 3. In means for removably supporting a fiat rectangular piece oftransfer material, comprising a fiat back member of elongatedrectangular form, a pair of spacer strips extending along the long sideedges of the back member on the upper face thereof, and a frame mountedon and spanning the space between said spacer strips, said frame havinga central opening, the sides of said frame extending inwardly of thespacer strips and both ends of the frame being spaced from the upperface of the back member whereby to form a flat rectangular tube open atboth ends.

4. In means for removably supporting a fiat rectangular piece oftransfer material, comprising a fiat back member of elongatedrectangular form, a pair of spacer strips extending along the long sideedges of the back member on the upper face thereof, a frame mounted onand spanning the space between said spacer strips, said frame having acentral opening, the sides of said frame extending inwardly of thespacer strips and both ends of the frame being spaced from the upperface of the back member whereby to form a fiat rectangular tube open atboth ends, and a flat handle extending from one end of the back memberand having its upper face in the plane of the upper face of the backmember whereby to permit unobstructed placement and removal of thetransfer material and whereby to assist in guiding the transfer materialinto position beneath the frame.

5. A pattern marker comprising a thin, solid, fiat back plate having anelongated handle member extending therefrom in substantially a commonplane therewith; a thin, flat frame member bordering said back memberdefining a central opening; and spacing means adjacent portions of theperiphery of said back plate to space said frame member a slightdistance from said back plate and said spacing means being open alongone side of said frame member to receive through said open side andbetween said back plate and frame member a piece of transfer material.

6. In means for removably supporting a piece of transfer material,comprising a flat back member, a pair of spacer strips extending alongonposite sides of the back member on the upper face thereof; a framemember mounted on and spanning the space between said spacer strips,said frame member having a central opening terminating adjacent saidspacer strips slightly inwardly therefrom; and an elongate handleextending from one end of the back member.

MAUDE ROGERS.

